Swelling in the thigh

An Unusual Cause of Thigh Swelling: Tuberculosis of the Pubis

A 17-year-old girl presented with a progressively enlarging painless lump of 5 months duration in the medial aspect of the superior and anterior right thigh. Physical examination showed a 12 + 8-cm cystic swelling in the adductor region of the right thigh deep to the adductor muscles (Figure 1). Pelvic X-ray showed a well-defined round lytic lesion in the body of the right pubic bone with surro...

An Unusual Cause of Thigh Swelling: Extramedullary Myeloid Tumor

Memiş Hilmi Atay1, Engin Kelkitli2, Piltan Büyükkaya3, Kubilay Ekiz4, Levent yıldız5, Mehmet Turgut3 1Van Training and Research Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology, Van, Turkey 2Erzurum Training and Research Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology, Erzurum, Turkey 3Ondokuz Mayıs University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medici...

Painful swelling of the thigh in a diabetic patient: diabetic muscle infarction.

A 44-year-old woman with a 5-year history of poorly controlled Type 1 diabetes mellitus presented with a painful, firm and warm swelling in her right thigh. Pain was severe but the patient was not febrile, and had no history of trauma or abnormal exercise. Laboratory tests showed ketoacidosis, major inflammation (erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) = 83 mm/h), normal white blood cell count and...

Contralateral Pedicled Anterolateral Thigh Flap (ATL) for Upper Thigh Defect in the Era of Free ATL?

Profunda femoris artery pseudoaneurysm presenting with triad of thigh swelling, bleeding and anaemia.

INTRODUCTION We describe an alternative presentation of 2 cases of femur fractures with pseudoaneurysms of the profunda femoris artery. CLINICAL PICTURE In both cases, there is a recurrent triad of: (1) thigh swelling, (2) bleeding from the fasciotomy wound, and (3) anaemia with a falling haemoglobin trend. TREATMENT Surgical exploration is often not diagnostic or therapeutic. Angiography c...